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initiative in washington state to confirm a marriage equality ballot is also ahead at this hour. in the great state of maine nor the first time in the history of the issue voters worked to put a measure on the ballot that was a pro gay rights measure. and right now initiative in winning. in minnesota voters are deciding what they are asked to decide.fically like to ban constitution. that effort is very close right the gay rights side just barely losing in minnesota. we've also seen a handful of tonight. a medical marijuana measure failed tonight in arkansas but a medical marijuana measu state of massachusetts.colorado, a measure to allown personal useassed tonight. in washington voters tonight approved a similar measure, marijuana, however, in oregon a measure to legalize marijusure in oregon is losing right now. california voters considered ending the death that measure is losing in california. in florida voters have rejecte constitutio with 98% of precincts repo digits, by rgin in michig@ are deciding whether to appeal the emergency allowing them to take over financially troub
initiative in washington state to confirm a marriage equality ballot is also ahead at this hour. in the great state of maine nor the first time in the history of the issue voters worked to put a measure on the ballot that was a pro gay rights measure. and right now initiative in winning. in minnesota voters are deciding what they are asked to decide.fically like to ban constitution. that effort is very close right the gay rights side just barely losing in minnesota. we've also seen a handful of...
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i'm going to try to get together with her before going down to washington next week. i did get a call, just a nice, very pleasant courtesy call from harryreid, not anything substantive. i' mitch mcconnell but sure we'll have discussions with everybody down there >> any washington republican reached out to you that was not named snowe? >> yes, susan collins, o other republican senator had aith herd i offered to get her coffeer. >> when where you're heading. >> we'll be in touch, chuck. thank you very much. >> congratulations again. >> yes, sir, thank you. >>> i'm joined by the moderator of "meet the press." angus king will be an interestg player, david. he clearly would like -- he sounds like he wishes he didn't have to, that he would enjoy taking that power of being one independent senator. >> the streak of independence which i think a lot of senators woulde like to have, independent to come into this congress and say, let's ttle the score here a little bitnd w to governecause that, i think, is the real mandate that president obama brings into his second term, a mand
i'm going to try to get together with her before going down to washington next week. i did get a call, just a nice, very pleasant courtesy call from harryreid, not anything substantive. i' mitch mcconnell but sure we'll have discussions with everybody down there >> any washington republican reached out to you that was not named snowe? >> yes, susan collins, o other republican senator had aith herd i offered to get her coffeer. >> when where you're heading. >> we'll be in...
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washington. in terms of the way that we can characterize these races, in california, which is the largest all nbc news projects that president obrnia. in the state of washington, nbc news also projects that president obama is the winner in the state of washington. in hawaii, p home state projects that president obama has won in hawaii. in nbc news projects that mitt romney has won in states in the nation. and in oregon, the ruling is from hour too early to call. president obama in the lead in terms of understanding what we are waiting on right now, iowa -- or as i like to think of ohio part of iowa, it's too early to call and in florida, it is too close call. in ohio it is also too close to call. in north carolina, too close to call. in virginia, it is too close to callcas stand at this p of the hour results from polls that just closed, california, washington, and hawaii all going for president obama. mr. romney winning in idaho. oregon characterized as too early to call with obama in the lead. s
washington. in terms of the way that we can characterize these races, in california, which is the largest all nbc news projects that president obrnia. in the state of washington, nbc news also projects that president obama is the winner in the state of washington. in hawaii, p home state projects that president obama has won in hawaii. in nbc news projects that mitt romney has won in states in the nation. and in oregon, the ruling is from hour too early to call. president obama in the lead in...
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one of the things that will happen in washington is we are going to start learning which senior members of the obama administration really only wanted to serve one term. is hillary clinton going to leave as secretary of state? is eric holder going to leave as attorney general? mr. geithner going to leave as secretary of treasury? the speculation is officially hot and heavy in washington as to who will stay on, who will leave and, of course, who will get the jobs of the people who do leave. everybody in washington is also now figuring out how they are going to work with president obama for another four years. how the politics of him earning a second term affects what he wants to do and how likely it is he is going to be able to do it. it probably was not an auspicious sign for that process when the president, right after his victory speech on tuesday night, right after he was done speak, as soon as he was done speaking, the night he wins a second term, after he gave that speech, he got on the phone and he tried to call the republican leader in the house and the republican leader in the s
one of the things that will happen in washington is we are going to start learning which senior members of the obama administration really only wanted to serve one term. is hillary clinton going to leave as secretary of state? is eric holder going to leave as attorney general? mr. geithner going to leave as secretary of treasury? the speculation is officially hot and heavy in washington as to who will stay on, who will leave and, of course, who will get the jobs of the people who do leave....
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the "washington post" is close to center these days. what do they think? they're just going on the idea that sheer bucks and the amount of times you can make impressions on the news or on the airwaves whether it's "entertainment tonight" or a sports show, you don't have to worry about the news. >> it's like george costanza politics. they've run into a problem. people in ohio know the truth about the auto industry. they know that there have been more jobs there. they know one in eight jobs is related to the auto industry. they know their neighbors have been employed and kept employed by these auto bailouts. and then they went and really flew in the face of what jeep and chrysler is actually doing so they came out and of course knocked down those statements. here at the post, we have a fact checker who gives out pinocchios. over the last couple weeks, the romney campaign definitely edged out the democrats and obama in terms of telling falsehoods. they got about 2.5 pinocchios versus obama's 2.1. i think it was in these last weeks he was edging out obama prim
the "washington post" is close to center these days. what do they think? they're just going on the idea that sheer bucks and the amount of times you can make impressions on the news or on the airwaves whether it's "entertainment tonight" or a sports show, you don't have to worry about the news. >> it's like george costanza politics. they've run into a problem. people in ohio know the truth about the auto industry. they know that there have been more jobs there. they...
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more washington gridlock. no, it's worse -- look, our taxes are about to go up. not the taxes on our dividends though, right? that's a big part of our retirement. oh, no, it's dividends, too. the rate on our dividends would more than double. but we depend on our dividends to help pay our bills. we worked hard to save. well, the president and congress have got to work together to stop this dividend tax hike. before it's too late. >>> bp will be slapped with what could be the biggest criminal penalty in u.s. history over the 2010 gulf oil spill that killed 11 people hen the deep water horizon water rig exploded. it's worth billions of dollars. two employees are expected to face manslaughter charges. bp will also plead guilty to obstruction for lying to congress about how much oil was pouring into the water. officialing tell nbc news the deal between bp and the department of justice will be announced later today. we'll be right back when we come back. when a twinge of back pain surprises him. morning starts in high spirits, but there's a growing pain in his lower ba
more washington gridlock. no, it's worse -- look, our taxes are about to go up. not the taxes on our dividends though, right? that's a big part of our retirement. oh, no, it's dividends, too. the rate on our dividends would more than double. but we depend on our dividends to help pay our bills. we worked hard to save. well, the president and congress have got to work together to stop this dividend tax hike. before it's too late. >>> bp will be slapped with what could be the biggest...
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with america on the fiscal cliff, sorry, will washington elect to make the tough choices? [ male announcer ] how do you trade? with scottrader streaming quotes any way you want. fully customize it for your trading process -- from thought to trade, on every screen. and all in real time. which makes it just like having your own trading floor, right at your fingertips. [ rodger ] at scottrade, seven dollar trades are just the start. try our easy-to-use scottrader streaming quotes. it's another reason more investors are saying... [ all ] i'm with scottrade. my doctor told me calcium is efficiently absorbed in small continuous amounts. citracal slow release continuously releases calcium plus d with efficient absorptio citracal slow release. >>> why are upset? >> they said i can't vote. >> why can't you vote? i'm not 18 years old. >> how does it make you feel? >> like i'm feeling. >> certainly a tough night for that little boy, i guess. but also for republicans who are hoping to pick up some seats in the u.s. senate. i'm here in the nation's capital where the face of congress is
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dionne, columnist for "the washington post" and an msnbc contributor and ana marie cox, washington correspondent for "the guardian." thank you both for being here. >> good to be here. >> e.j., is there any method behind the madness? >> well, first of all, i want to say that i can both a nuclear physicist and a major legal baseball player. if you can make it up while you go along, why not. look, on elections it's an old game to say my guy is winning whether my guy is winning or not. they've launched a huge campaign to discredit nate silver of the "new york times" even though he's one of the best number crunchers and, in fact, used to be a baseball number cruncher. some of it is normal but some of it isn't. i think, in particular, the governor romney's claim that jeep was moving jobs to china and people at the plant as president obama said today were worried that their jobs were going to disappear and when you have corporate executives saying, wait a minute, the republican candidate is making stuff up, you really have entered some kind of strange zone at that point. >> you know, ana marie, donald
dionne, columnist for "the washington post" and an msnbc contributor and ana marie cox, washington correspondent for "the guardian." thank you both for being here. >> good to be here. >> e.j., is there any method behind the madness? >> well, first of all, i want to say that i can both a nuclear physicist and a major legal baseball player. if you can make it up while you go along, why not. look, on elections it's an old game to say my guy is winning whether...
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good morning from washington. we've got a packed show today, thursday, november 1st. no more surprises. anything that happens now is a november surprise. i'm chuck todd. the storm recovery is just beginning and as victims try to put their lives back together, the frustration is beginning and it's mounting over just how long that recovery process will take. at least 74 people have been killed by the storm. millions of homes and businesses are still without power. new york city is grinding back into business a little bit and that's producing a traffic nightmare. the traffic problems are so bad that governor andrew cuomo has declared an emergency and there's a mandate of three people per vehicle for cars entering manhattan between 6:00 a.m. and midnight there. are long lines across the region. wednesday along the garden state parkway in hoboken, about a quarter of city is still flooded and 90% is without power. national guard troops are delivering food to people stuck in their homes. limited service on 14 of the city's 23 subway lines but many trains will have gaps in th
good morning from washington. we've got a packed show today, thursday, november 1st. no more surprises. anything that happens now is a november surprise. i'm chuck todd. the storm recovery is just beginning and as victims try to put their lives back together, the frustration is beginning and it's mounting over just how long that recovery process will take. at least 74 people have been killed by the storm. millions of homes and businesses are still without power. new york city is grinding back...
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the paul ryan effect wasn and talking to one of key washington tonight just a few minutes ago, he said that paul ryan represent represented was more beloved inside the a phenomenon2%beltway than he was nationally. he questioned wh right choice. i would also point out that ho thought was as a self-described deer hunter catholic, that's how he described himself, that paul ryan would help in theuss belt culturally pennsylvania ohio whole belt that has in which the gan democrats were often susceptible to an appeal. this is all about the economy. this is all about jobs. the union voice was stronger with those voters it seems. was stronger in the pull of ther unions it was much stronger thanryan was trying to make. toll that pleased. and as i say, the monday morning quarterbacking has already beguhank you for torecap. florida, ohio north carolina virginia, new hamp and colorado too close to call. pennsylvania has been called for president obama at this point. this is msnbc's coverage of the 2012 election. lots more to come. we'll be right back. vkc 1ú![clé2&" still looking ahead to importa
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and maybe are there better ways of building coalitions outside of washington, trying to go to certain places and certain states and trying to overperform in certain states. >> if he wins on tuesday night, he was able to get support because of things he did, killing bin laden, helping out hispanic kids brought to this country at an early age, these are things he did, the thing he did with governor christie the other day, these are actual doing things. >> i think the lesson is, if he wins one of the top two or three factors will be the auto rescue. that is key to ohio. if he keeps ohio, it's because of the automobiles and the fact that you can see automobiles on the street. you can see chrysler and dodge cars on the street. that's tangible and that is probably his best piece of tangible legislation. >> the one thing that you're getting at here, chris, what smir conish found out the hard way, the losing side is going to feel very aggrieved. this is not going to be like 2000 or 2004, which ever side feels like they loses, they're going to feel like it was taken from them. they're not goin
and maybe are there better ways of building coalitions outside of washington, trying to go to certain places and certain states and trying to overperform in certain states. >> if he wins on tuesday night, he was able to get support because of things he did, killing bin laden, helping out hispanic kids brought to this country at an early age, these are things he did, the thing he did with governor christie the other day, these are actual doing things. >> i think the lesson is, if he...
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what message are they sending about governing in washington, d.c.? >> well, i think they will maintain the status quo. i've seen polls forever that talked about how low esteem people have for members of congress. but when they started talking about their personal congress person it's a little bit different. and so we run 435 separate elections and if you don't create some kind of a wave effect, which has happened in the last two or maybe three congresses, then you aren't going to have much change. and no way it took place yet. i think that governor haley barbour was accurate about how things ran month after month after month and here we are now in the last day and it's a very close election. no way one way or the other. that will not have an impact on the house of representatives. >> steve, you have a question for the congressman? >> congressman, if democrats lose seats in this election, is nancy mropelosi going to survivs the minority leader or will you have a leader shship change at top? >> it all depend on what she wants to do. if she wants to run
what message are they sending about governing in washington, d.c.? >> well, i think they will maintain the status quo. i've seen polls forever that talked about how low esteem people have for members of congress. but when they started talking about their personal congress person it's a little bit different. and so we run 435 separate elections and if you don't create some kind of a wave effect, which has happened in the last two or maybe three congresses, then you aren't going to have...
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president obama leads by roughly 4 points in washington and pennsylvania. leading by more than 2 in nevada, ohio and iowa. as a slighter margins in new hampshire and colorado, governor romney only leads in more at a point in florida and is narrowly ahead in virginia. that gives a reason for them to, let's say, be concerned. >> they need to be concerned because it is not just the enthuse yack enthuse em that's missing p. this is what barack obama does better than anyone else. man test right now in the early vote of look at nevada, north carolina, iowa. mitt romney with needs to win 54 to 60% of the remaining votes in the states in order to drop into the victory. that's a huge lift. i think when you couple the fact that democratic base is much more fired up with the fact that obama for america has been organizing for the last four years. they keep talking about pennsylvania, you can't drop into pennsylvania the weekend before an election, and expect to tip the vote just by buying ads when you have the other team with a fantastic ground operation. >> drive by
president obama leads by roughly 4 points in washington and pennsylvania. leading by more than 2 in nevada, ohio and iowa. as a slighter margins in new hampshire and colorado, governor romney only leads in more at a point in florida and is narrowly ahead in virginia. that gives a reason for them to, let's say, be concerned. >> they need to be concerned because it is not just the enthuse yack enthuse em that's missing p. this is what barack obama does better than anyone else. man test...
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he works in washington. he's a bedroom community guy. which is fair enough, but they don't like it. >> and i think howard is exactly right. this is going to be a real dynamic test for the gop on the national level, not just for virginia, but how -- >> guess who else is going to be -- his wife perhaps. bill clinton will be in there campaigning. showing he's still got the chops. >> nobody has raised more money i don't think in the history of the planet for the clintons than terry mcauliffe. >> and we have cory booker running -- >> both of these are within easy traveling distance of this desk, which makes it great. >> going to take the train or the car? >> i don't know. the mobile "hardball" mobile. >> is cuccinelli far right? >> cuccinelli is a conservative individual. >> he's a far right guy. thank you. kid get his gun right after conception or not? property rights. anyway, thank you, michael steele and howard fineman. >>> up next, remember that guy who got the romney campaign logo tattooed on his face? he's having a bad case of buyer's r
he works in washington. he's a bedroom community guy. which is fair enough, but they don't like it. >> and i think howard is exactly right. this is going to be a real dynamic test for the gop on the national level, not just for virginia, but how -- >> guess who else is going to be -- his wife perhaps. bill clinton will be in there campaigning. showing he's still got the chops. >> nobody has raised more money i don't think in the history of the planet for the clintons than...
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tomorrow, same-sex marriage meshes in maine, maryland, washington and minnesota and could yield pivotal results. maryland could be the first to vote it in. joining me now live from my hometown of baltimore, martin o'malley. it's good to have you here. i want to get straight to these numbers. as we know, the support for marriage equality nationally is at 54%. americans say they approve, however, a recent poll shows the issue is is now in a dead heat for your state and as i've been doing my research, i've hearned some leaders may rally against it. is this an influence of politics? >> i don't think so. i think that sun poll is an outliou outlier. most of the polls show that we can come to the conclusion that we can protect religious freedom and rights. we can do both. that's what question six is all about. so with the exception of that baltimore sun poll, most of the others are showing marriage equality running several points ahead. and we're hoping that tomorrow, marylanders of every faith will vote for marriage equality. >> sir, as we've seen and known for years, maryland is solidly blue
tomorrow, same-sex marriage meshes in maine, maryland, washington and minnesota and could yield pivotal results. maryland could be the first to vote it in. joining me now live from my hometown of baltimore, martin o'malley. it's good to have you here. i want to get straight to these numbers. as we know, the support for marriage equality nationally is at 54%. americans say they approve, however, a recent poll shows the issue is is now in a dead heat for your state and as i've been doing my...
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good day, i'm andrea mitchell live in washington. thanks for joining us. you can bet this is not the way mitt romney had hoped to get to the white house. instead of measuring the drapes in the oval office he'll be the president's guest for lunch. their first meeting since that last debate. joining me now for our daily fix, chris cizilla, msnbc contributor and managing editor of post politics.com and from "usa today" susan page. what do you think is on the menu? >> some people on twitter when i tweeted out suggest crow might be served. look, this is, i think, there's no press coverage. this is not closed press. there is no press coverage. a private meeting between the two of them. i think it's designed to say the election is over, mitt romney did win about 47.5% of the vote of the american public, a recognition of that fact and recognition by the president if there is a grand bargain to be done he's going to need the help of republicans. i don't know how much mitt romney will play a role in that. i think mitt romney this is the guy i beat, he represents a s
good day, i'm andrea mitchell live in washington. thanks for joining us. you can bet this is not the way mitt romney had hoped to get to the white house. instead of measuring the drapes in the oval office he'll be the president's guest for lunch. their first meeting since that last debate. joining me now for our daily fix, chris cizilla, msnbc contributor and managing editor of post politics.com and from "usa today" susan page. what do you think is on the menu? >> some people on...
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a new "washington post" poll shows that 78% of likely voters rate the president's response to hurricane sandy positively. only 8% rate his response negatively. 44% rate mitt romney's response positively. 21% rate his response negatively. "usa today" asked romney campaign senior adviser russ schiefer this question on a conference call with media today. >> i wonder just in crass political terms if you think the president's response to sandy has been helpful to him, and are you annoyed that governor christie has been so effusive in his praise of the president? >> governor christie's doing his job, and he's doing exactly what he's supposed to be doing as the governor of new jersey. and the president is doing what he needs to do as president. >> after mitt romney ignored reporters who asked him at least 11 questions on his position on fema funding yesterday, mitt romney released this statement today. "i believe that fema plays a key role in working with states and localities to prepare for and respond to natural disasters. as president, i will ensure fema has the funding it needs to fulfill
a new "washington post" poll shows that 78% of likely voters rate the president's response to hurricane sandy positively. only 8% rate his response negatively. 44% rate mitt romney's response positively. 21% rate his response negatively. "usa today" asked romney campaign senior adviser russ schiefer this question on a conference call with media today. >> i wonder just in crass political terms if you think the president's response to sandy has been helpful to him, and...
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i would add robin is a former kol he colleague of mine at the "washington post." i'm thrilled the three of you are here. three people who can tell us the meat of what's going on. robin, you were just there. both chuck and ayman indicated signs are moving in a direction of a ceasefire, but both were also cautious to say, look, you know, nothing is declared until everything is declared in that regard. does that jive with what you know coming out of there? >> i think everybody wants to see an end to the hostilities. the real problem is does this open the way for significant diplomacy? no ceasefire will last unless both sides deal with the realities. the palestinians have lived under conditions they think are unacceptable. hamas has been using its rockets to pressure israel. israel, you know, wants to make sure that hamas no longer targets civilian areas, and so both sides have an interest in ending the hostilities but there are differing levels in terms of does israel want to deal with hamas government. is it going to be suspicious about a government in egypt making
i would add robin is a former kol he colleague of mine at the "washington post." i'm thrilled the three of you are here. three people who can tell us the meat of what's going on. robin, you were just there. both chuck and ayman indicated signs are moving in a direction of a ceasefire, but both were also cautious to say, look, you know, nothing is declared until everything is declared in that regard. does that jive with what you know coming out of there? >> i think everybody...
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., we'll have california, hawaii, idaho, oregon, washington, and then the last poll closing in alaska. unless this is a very strange night, those races will be interesting for governors races and senate and house races and state issues, but not necessarily for the presidency. unless things go very, very differently than expected to go. this is how your election viewing is going to unfold hour by hour on tuesday night. if you just exclude the states for the presidential race where everybody pretty much knows exactly how it's going to go and just the states where there is some question as to what's going to happen, here is a clip and save thing for you about these states. the battlegrounds. all right? states that you know are going to be important and everybody thinks they're going to be close. these are the states everybody is going to be watching on tuesday night. each of these states, as you know, has a top elections official. and each of these states has a top elections official who is a partisan. who is either a democrat or a republican. and in a democracy, that should mean nothing
., we'll have california, hawaii, idaho, oregon, washington, and then the last poll closing in alaska. unless this is a very strange night, those races will be interesting for governors races and senate and house races and state issues, but not necessarily for the presidency. unless things go very, very differently than expected to go. this is how your election viewing is going to unfold hour by hour on tuesday night. if you just exclude the states for the presidential race where everybody...
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virginia, beginning his morning in chesapeake and ending his day in bristow about an hour outside of washington, d.c. he there introduced president obama to a crowd of supporters. before the president made his case to virginia voters. today, the presidents started a four-state double team strategy. in new hampshire in front of 14,000 supporters, president clinton was moving on to north carolina. because president clinton can't be in two places at once, he let his words speak for him in iowa. he wrote -- >> joinianna marie cox, the toi striking how much this relationship has warmed up in the last four years. >> it is. at first, you could tell clinton was being a good soldier. he was going out and doing what he needed to do, wasn't having maybe the best time. over the past year, i think we've seen clinton starting to have the good time he always has, and that turning into, yeah, a bromance between the two of them. like that last rally, think did the high five. they're getting there. >> let's talk about the fact that they are getting along better is a good thing, but clinton and his appeal to a cl
virginia, beginning his morning in chesapeake and ending his day in bristow about an hour outside of washington, d.c. he there introduced president obama to a crowd of supporters. before the president made his case to virginia voters. today, the presidents started a four-state double team strategy. in new hampshire in front of 14,000 supporters, president clinton was moving on to north carolina. because president clinton can't be in two places at once, he let his words speak for him in iowa. he...
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the congressional research service is as nonpartisan as it gets in washington. and a little more than a month ago, they issued a report on tax policy. they found there is no connection between lowering the tax rates on millionaires and billionaires and creating economic growth. there's no evidence that if you cut taxes on the rich that that makes the economy grow. that's a problem because that is essentially mitt romney's whole reason for living. this is the republican party's economic reason for existing. if you cut taxes on the rich, the job creators, that will jump start the economy. this is the whole basis of the party' economic philosophy. this is why congressional republicans pledge their first born children to a man named grover. and here comes this highly respected agency that says it turns out the whole thing is bunk. giving rich people a tax break doesn't help the economy but it sure does help rich people. what do you do if you're the republican party? you pressure the agency into burying the report which is exactly what republicans in congress did thi
the congressional research service is as nonpartisan as it gets in washington. and a little more than a month ago, they issued a report on tax policy. they found there is no connection between lowering the tax rates on millionaires and billionaires and creating economic growth. there's no evidence that if you cut taxes on the rich that that makes the economy grow. that's a problem because that is essentially mitt romney's whole reason for living. this is the republican party's economic reason...
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does win re-election, i think that base is going to drive their representatives, want republicans in washington, in congress to put up just a big a front of opposition to him as they did in the first term, if not bigger. >> interesting, michael. i appreciate your article. it was great having you on. people should check it out and see what the freak-out could possibly look like. thank you. great pleasure to have you on. so for our "news nation" gut check today, we want to know what your gut is telling bu the results of tomorrow's election. what do you feel? you heard michael tamaski give insight from his perspective on what's a freak-out moment. politico says for democrats they would be leaderless if the president did not win. go to facebook.com/newsnation and post your comment we're going read them and reveal them on air tomorrow. that does it for "news nation" live from democracy plaza. tomorrow we have special orange can diana da yet, ann kornblut and steve days as well as steve boykin. a big, diverse line-up for you. "the cycle" is next. [ male announcer ] when was the last time something ma
does win re-election, i think that base is going to drive their representatives, want republicans in washington, in congress to put up just a big a front of opposition to him as they did in the first term, if not bigger. >> interesting, michael. i appreciate your article. it was great having you on. people should check it out and see what the freak-out could possibly look like. thank you. great pleasure to have you on. so for our "news nation" gut check today, we want to know...
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in washington state, the vote is not called yet. they are still counting the vote and we will be watching it closely, but if you are on the pro-gay right side in washington state, it should be noted that it is looking pretty good. in iowa, anti-gay activists were sure that they were going to turf out a judge for ruling in favor of marriage equality. they had done it before, to a bunch of other judges. they had been successful every time they had tried before. but not this one, not this time. judge wiggins in iowa keeps his seat. nevada elects its first african-american congressman this year. america gets our first openly gay united states senator. america gets our first-ever asian american woman senator from hawaii. her seat in the house, i should note, gets filled by this woman, a democratic iraq war veteran. time going to tell you right now that her name is tulsy gabboard, because she is on the fast track to being very famous some day. speaking of iraq war veterans, tammy duckworth, veteran helicopter pilot, lost both her legs in
in washington state, the vote is not called yet. they are still counting the vote and we will be watching it closely, but if you are on the pro-gay right side in washington state, it should be noted that it is looking pretty good. in iowa, anti-gay activists were sure that they were going to turf out a judge for ruling in favor of marriage equality. they had done it before, to a bunch of other judges. they had been successful every time they had tried before. but not this one, not this time....
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the washington post changing the race from tossup to leading democratic. nebraska was supposed to be in for the bag for the republicans as well, but now tea party favorite deb fisher who holds the same view as mourdock, on abortion, is losing ground to her democratic opponent, former senator bob kerrey. kerry also got a boost from senator chuck hagel, a republican. meanwhile, republicans who had rejected todd akin in missouri after his comments about legitimate rape are now having second thoughts. national republicans won't say whether they're injected funds into missouri, but suddenly akin received more than $2 million in the final days of the campaign. but the extremism is taking its toll on other high profile races in the house. joe walsh in illinois seems to be toast. polls are tightening for steve king in iowa. things are not looking real good for congressman alan west in florida. his republican opponent in the primary just endorsed the democrat in the race. michele bachmann is locked in a tight race against democratic challenger jim graves. the right
the washington post changing the race from tossup to leading democratic. nebraska was supposed to be in for the bag for the republicans as well, but now tea party favorite deb fisher who holds the same view as mourdock, on abortion, is losing ground to her democratic opponent, former senator bob kerrey. kerry also got a boost from senator chuck hagel, a republican. meanwhile, republicans who had rejected todd akin in missouri after his comments about legitimate rape are now having second...
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we have ruth marcus, columnist for "the washington post," keith boykin, cnbc contributor and hogan bidly who served as communications director for rick santorum's presidential campaign. great to have you here and ruth, petraeus now testifying or will be testifying on capitol hill. does this bring it all back to the original story and the attention and focus where it needs to be about what happened in benghazi, the loss of four american diplomats and away from this salacious sexual scandal. >> i think you answered your own question. i say this with a bit of regret and also a bit of humor, as between dealing with serious substantive questions whether it's benghazi or the fiscal cliff and salacious sexual scandal, i know which we think is going to get the attention and especially this story which is developing into some combination of real housewives of centcom meets "homeland," it's just too sordidly delicious not to have us spending, us in the immediate yashgs spending some time figuring out what in the heck was going on here. i do have to say i really think there are a lot of important q
we have ruth marcus, columnist for "the washington post," keith boykin, cnbc contributor and hogan bidly who served as communications director for rick santorum's presidential campaign. great to have you here and ruth, petraeus now testifying or will be testifying on capitol hill. does this bring it all back to the original story and the attention and focus where it needs to be about what happened in benghazi, the loss of four american diplomats and away from this salacious sexual...
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thank you to joe madison in washington. up next, the single most defining moment of the entire campaign. ♪ i'd like to thank eating right, whole grain, multigrain cheerios! mom, are those my jeans? [ female announcer ] people who choose more whole grain tend to weigh less than those who don't. multigrain cheerios [ male announcer ] you've reached the age where you don't back down from a challenge. this is the age of knowing how to make things happen. so, why let erectile dysfunction get in your way? talk to your doctor about viagra. 20 million men already have. ask your doctor if your heart is healthy enough for sex. do not take viagra if you take nitrates for chest pain; it may cause an unsafe drop in blood pressure. side effects include headache, flushing, upset stomach, and abnormal vision. to avoid long-term injury, seek immediate medical help for an erection lasting more than four hours. stop taking viagra and call your doctor right away if you experience a sudden decrease or loss in vision or hearing. this is the ag
thank you to joe madison in washington. up next, the single most defining moment of the entire campaign. ♪ i'd like to thank eating right, whole grain, multigrain cheerios! mom, are those my jeans? [ female announcer ] people who choose more whole grain tend to weigh less than those who don't. multigrain cheerios [ male announcer ] you've reached the age where you don't back down from a challenge. this is the age of knowing how to make things happen. so, why let erectile dysfunction get in...
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washington to be my own man, and i'll be returning my own am very very proud. ity. can't overcome. >> that's pretty good. 42 past the hour graciousness. >> that was really great. two great race. welcome back to "morning harold ford jr. and mike barnicle back at the table. joining usnow, the chairman of - >> yeah it end >> just the look on his us and off color is off that shirt and he's going to have the baby >> you i serious. >> here's the deal. elizabeth warren isuld you please be quiet? morning. chastised any guest? none. reverence, respect, abus >> deserved. >> boy, you didn't see her interviewing r you? so let's talk about the republican brand. you're all about branding. republican process, we weekend on "meet the press," it hurt the republican anid not go at this party right is as been in years. >> i was talking to steve backstage. the brand is over as we know it if it ever wants to succeed. all you have to do is look at the demogragoing. it's them. people want progressiveness. people want compassion.y who i never like stablishment is now the minority. they hav
washington to be my own man, and i'll be returning my own am very very proud. ity. can't overcome. >> that's pretty good. 42 past the hour graciousness. >> that was really great. two great race. welcome back to "morning harold ford jr. and mike barnicle back at the table. joining usnow, the chairman of - >> yeah it end >> just the look on his us and off color is off that shirt and he's going to have the baby >> you i serious. >> here's the deal....
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and in washington, washington anchor for "bb krrgs world news america," katty kay. good to have you all on board. willie, hi. >> hello, mika. >> a lot to get to. that's my sweater. aftermath of the storm. sorry about that. we're not put together this morning. the death toll is rising on this. we've got a couple of new facts to bring to you. we've been watching the coverage now three days straight. everybody's exhausted. breezy point, my god, that story, i was seeing michelle miller's report on cbs, her second one. it is just amazing what has happened there. we'll get to more on that in just a moment. we're also five days away from a presidential election. and there are some literally logistical issues with that. but bill karins was watching this morning, and you said something that really rang true. three days after a disaster is when the novelty wears off, when it really starts to hurt. bill. >> yeah. i've been going through these the last 15 years of my career, and this is the end of the glow. everyone's all together. it's a novelty. you're getting through it. if
and in washington, washington anchor for "bb krrgs world news america," katty kay. good to have you all on board. willie, hi. >> hello, mika. >> a lot to get to. that's my sweater. aftermath of the storm. sorry about that. we're not put together this morning. the death toll is rising on this. we've got a couple of new facts to bring to you. we've been watching the coverage now three days straight. everybody's exhausted. breezy point, my god, that story, i was seeing...
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washington takes two great gambles. one is he takes about a third of his army, sends it south and they fight a series of battles in south carolina, north carolina, virginia. gradually weaken his army. two more victories like this and my army will be gone. ultimately he retreats to yorktown on a peninsula expecting the royal navy to save him. in the meantime the french knna send a signal, they're prepared. the french navy says we're prepared to follow your leadership. washington then basically confuses the british, has them thinking he's still sitting here, takes his army plus the french army, marches through philadelphia. remember, pre-helicopter, pre-airplane, this is a huge gamble. you're going to march and carry cannon and it's a big mission and his gamble is that the french navy will arrive in time, they will seal it off, that he will have to surrender. i've always loved the fact that when he surrenders the band plays "the world turned upsidedown." and it's the beginning of the end of the british domination. they co
washington takes two great gambles. one is he takes about a third of his army, sends it south and they fight a series of battles in south carolina, north carolina, virginia. gradually weaken his army. two more victories like this and my army will be gone. ultimately he retreats to yorktown on a peninsula expecting the royal navy to save him. in the meantime the french knna send a signal, they're prepared. the french navy says we're prepared to follow your leadership. washington then basically...
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john heilemann's with us still along with andrea mitchell in washington. joining the table, msnbc and "time" magazine senior political analyst who is exhaling, mark halperin. also assistant managing editor of "fortune," leigh gallagher. thank you guys so much for being with us. greatly appreciate it. mark, last hour we showed a clip of the president becoming emotional, talking about his victory to his staff. let's take a quick look at that. >> even before last night's results, i felt that the work that i had done in running for office had come full circle. because what you guys have done means that the work that i'm doing is important. and i'm really proud of that. i'm very proud of all of you. and what you've just done -- >> mark, there's a president who has been criticized for being too detached emotionally, too distant not only from americans' problems but also from his own staff, from republicans. you heard it all before. he's actually been quite emotional over the past week or so. this seems like talking about exhaling, this seems like this has been q
john heilemann's with us still along with andrea mitchell in washington. joining the table, msnbc and "time" magazine senior political analyst who is exhaling, mark halperin. also assistant managing editor of "fortune," leigh gallagher. thank you guys so much for being with us. greatly appreciate it. mark, last hour we showed a clip of the president becoming emotional, talking about his victory to his staff. let's take a quick look at that. >> even before last night's...
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what's the reaction been like in washington? >> republicans are very disappointed by this, and there are three big reasons. first of all, this is sour grapes, like this certainly isn't gracious. second, it's just not accurate. there were many, many other factors that were involved, gifts to minorities were not the reason that president obama won the white state of new hampshire, the largely white state of iowa. it's not why he won the hometown of paul ryan, janesville, wisconsin. so there's just a factual issue. but third and biggest, and this is where you heard the louisiana governor, bobby jindal, installed yesterday as the chairman of the republican governors association. this is where you heard him coming in, that republicans say this is a just-doesn't-get-it moment for romney. it makes republicans think that the 47% comment was no slip of the tongue. at his press conference in las vegas yesterday, governor jindal, our reporter, says became visibly agitated about this and said these comments were absolutely wrong. and they c
what's the reaction been like in washington? >> republicans are very disappointed by this, and there are three big reasons. first of all, this is sour grapes, like this certainly isn't gracious. second, it's just not accurate. there were many, many other factors that were involved, gifts to minorities were not the reason that president obama won the white state of new hampshire, the largely white state of iowa. it's not why he won the hometown of paul ryan, janesville, wisconsin. so...
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and in washington, pulitzer prize-winning columnist, associate editor of "the washington post" and msnbc political analyst, eugene robinson. thanks for being on board with us. thanks for coming in. i know you've been working around the clock. we are days away from the presidential election, and we're days out from hurricane sandy, one of the worst storms ever to hit this country. the death toll now stands at 94. there are still 4.6 million homes and businesses without power. the new estimate for economic damage, to say nothing of all the property damage, is $50 billion in losses. "the new york times" is reporting the storm could shave half a percentage point off the country's gdp. for most of the northeast, it's a recovery mission with lots of different problems erupting. yesterday in california, military planes were loaded with utility vehicles ready to be shipped into new york. an army of some 50,000 utility workers from across the country and even canada being deployed to the region to help in the massive project to restore power. three navy warships are anchored off the northeast coa
and in washington, pulitzer prize-winning columnist, associate editor of "the washington post" and msnbc political analyst, eugene robinson. thanks for being on board with us. thanks for coming in. i know you've been working around the clock. we are days away from the presidential election, and we're days out from hurricane sandy, one of the worst storms ever to hit this country. the death toll now stands at 94. there are still 4.6 million homes and businesses without power. the new...
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mitt romney should have said, you know, washington's broke. and someone will still be able to do this in 2016 because it will still be broken. >> right. >> he should have gone in there saying we're going to fix this place because the other guy is the creature of washington. he gave that up when he chose paul ryan. he should have said i'm the business guy. the governor. i'm going to choose another person from outside washington. we're going to ride in on a white horse and we fix the whole place. he didn't do that. he couldn't do that because he had to get stuck into all the budget questions that his veep choice had posed. those three things, we can talk about the small things, should he have said this, that or the other, if you're not a reformed candidate, you think hatred's going to be enough and you're relying on the economy, it's not going to be enough to carry you over the line. >>> power is out to additional homes in the northeast as a powerful nor'easter dumps snow and rain on a region that's only started to recover. today's several inche
mitt romney should have said, you know, washington's broke. and someone will still be able to do this in 2016 because it will still be broken. >> right. >> he should have gone in there saying we're going to fix this place because the other guy is the creature of washington. he gave that up when he chose paul ryan. he should have said i'm the business guy. the governor. i'm going to choose another person from outside washington. we're going to ride in on a white horse and we fix the...
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here's from the washington post, empty measurements. on the eve of the election, nate silver placed president obama's chances of returning to office at 86.3%, not 86.1%, not 87.8%, at 86.3%. silver's prediction is not an innovation, it's trend taken to its absurd extreme. his work is better summarized as an 83.6% confident that the state polls are correct. the main problem with this approach to politics is that it's trivial and election is not a mathematical equation, it's a nation making a decision. people are weighing the priorities of their society and the quality of their leaders. those views at any given moment can be roughly measured but spread sheets don't add up to a political community. in a democracy, the convictions of the public ultimately depend on persuasion, which resists quantification. and he goes on to write at the closing here, and so at the election's close, we talk of a statistical turnout in cuyahoga county, ohio, and talk little about sociability and unsustainable debt. the nearer this campaign has come to the end
here's from the washington post, empty measurements. on the eve of the election, nate silver placed president obama's chances of returning to office at 86.3%, not 86.1%, not 87.8%, at 86.3%. silver's prediction is not an innovation, it's trend taken to its absurd extreme. his work is better summarized as an 83.6% confident that the state polls are correct. the main problem with this approach to politics is that it's trivial and election is not a mathematical equation, it's a nation making a...